Berlin, July 4.
German amateur boxing gained its biggest triumph of the year by winning its international encounter against Britain yesterday by ten points to six.
Over 20,000 spectators witnessed the bouts, which were fought out on the open air Dietrich Eckart stage in the Olympia Stadium at Berlin.
In the flyweight class Russell beat Obermauer to give Britain an early lead. Jack Pottinger was then outpointed in the bantamweight event by Wilke, while the featherweight fight showed the technical superiority of Galle over the former Austri champion Jato to restore Britai lead. The German Olympic champi Nuernberg then knocked out Powell in the first round, but once again Britain took the lead when Fluss was easily outpointed in the welterweight event.
This one point lead, however, proved insufficient to make up for Germany's marked superiority in the heavier events, all three of which were claimed by the German boxers, Baumgarten beating Harrington, Vogt outpointing Brown and Runge defeating Preston.—Trans-Ocean. ce 142 Museum Road Tel. 17100
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